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ANANASSA bracteata. 
Scarlet-leaved Brazilian Pine. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. BROMELIACER. 
ANANASSA. (Anassa Rumph. Ananas Tourn. Bromelise pars Linn.) 
— Calyx superus, 3-phyllus, carnosus. Petala 3, lingulata, basi squamosa ; 
squamis geminis tubulosis fimbriatis. Stamina 6, disco epigyno inserta ; 
tria petalis opposita inter squamas retenta. Anthere lineares adnate. 
Stylus filiformis, glaber. Stigmata 3, fimbriata, non convoluta. Ovaria 
infera, conferruminata, carnosa, unibracteata, trilocularia, loculis inanibus 
apice placentiferis polyspermis. Fructus carnosus, baccatus, ex ovariis brac- 
teisque concretis. Semina nuda subrotunda. Plante simplices, perennes, 
(Americæ equinoctialis). Folia rigida, spinoso-serrata, furfuracea, rard 
inermia glabra. Spica terminalis, concreta, comosa. Fructus carnost, 
sapidi. 
A. bracteata ; foliis spinoso-serratis, bracteis foliaceis coloratis. _ 
Nana sive Ananas. Marcgraaf hist. pl. lib. 1. cap. 16. exclus. ic. — ; 
Folia atro-viridia, laxiuscula, glabra, subtis furfuracea, spinis distanti- 
bus, validis, incurvis, equalibus, coloratis; juniora luteo-viridia, rubro mar- 
ginata. Folia superiora et bracteæ floris ltissim? carmosini, his longis- 
simis patentibus. Fructus medie magnitudinis, immaturus pallide viridis, 
maturus luteus, bracteis longis persistentibus rubescentibus vestitus. 
For this superb plant the public is indebted to Robert 
Barclay, Esq., by whom it was procured from Lisbon, in 
the spring of 1820. Mr. Barclay received it from Don 
Joachim de Paes, who introduced it into Portugal from the 
Brazils. 
This is undoubtedly the plant described by Marcgraaf 
as the Nana or Ananas of Brazil; but his figure, borrowed 
from Piso, represents a common Pine-Apple. 
The great merit of the species consists in the clear 
deep crimson bractez of the flowering-spike, which retain 
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